Ex-Chechen Leader Killed in Qatar

World | February 13, 2004, Friday // 00:00
Ex-Chechen Leader Killed in Qatar Ex-Chechen leader Yandarbiyev were killed in Friday's car-bomb atatck in Doha, Qatar. The Chechen was suspected for ties with Osama bin Laden and his terrorist Al-Qaeda network. Photo by Aljazeera.

Former Chechen President Salim Khan Yandarbiyev has died after a car bomb attack in Qatar. The explosion in Doha on Friday also killed two of the bodyguards travelling with him. Police have not given any details except to confirm the death and identity of the former separatist leader. Living in exile for the last three years, Yandarbiyev was the first nationalist from the breakaway republic to be added - at Russia's request - to a UN list of groups with suspected ties to Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda network.

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